The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 300 Sword Guide Yang!

Looking around for a week, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"Order the army to prepare for war, and let the soldiers who go home to visit their relatives return to camp immediately!"

"The logistics department quickly started to prepare the materials needed for the army to go out, and the staff department formulated corresponding combat plans!"

"Then send an order to Macau to make them ready to evacuate at any time, and let Wang Youcai in Hong Kong be ready to respond!"

Looking at the faces of the generals below one by one, Zhu Hongyu took a deep breath and said.

"According to the information obtained by the Jinyiwei brothers!"

"Shang Kexi may mobilize [-] banner soldiers from the Pingnan Prince's Mansion, and [-] green battalion soldiers from Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang and other places, for a total of [-] troops!"

"This battle will be the largest battle I have faced since I became an army of the Liberation Army!"

"If we win this battle, it will be a foregone conclusion that the whole province of Guangdong will fall into my hands!"

"But if this battle is lost, Macau will be lost, and the anti-Qing situation in the mainland will be ruined!"

"My Ming Dynasty will also face great financial difficulties. Within two or three years, I will only be able to retreat overseas, without the power to aggressively counterattack the mainland!"

Zhu Hongyu glanced around, and said in a sonorous and firm tone.

"If this battle is won, the lonely general will not hesitate to reward you as a marquis!"

Zhu Hongyu almost uttered the four words "Reward of the Marquis".

After the words fell, everyone's faces showed uncontrollable excitement and excitement.

Originally, with the smooth development and growth of the Liberation Army in the past two years, all the generals of the Liberation Army were full of pride and complacency.

This kind of mentality is short for thinking that I can't do it without me!
Until a few days ago, Zhu Hongyu was annoyed by the joint pursuit of rewards by the generals.

Zhu Hongyu beat them, almost rotating all the chief officials of each department.

When the order is given, everything is obeyed!
Only then did the generals of the Guangfu Army clearly recognize their position.

He also clearly realized Zhu Hongyu's prestige in the army!
Facing His Highness Jian Guo, they are really not qualified to support.

Originally, they thought that His Highness Jian Guo would suppress them for a period of time before talking about the reward.

But unexpectedly, Zhu Hongyu now offered the Marquis Award!
How can they not feel excited and excited? !
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The generals resigned, but Zhu Hongyu did not leave the conference room, but began to think about the Ming army's future strategy for the Northern Expedition.

Originally, the Northern Expedition strategy formulated by Zhu Hongyu was:

Within two or three years, no large-scale Northern Expedition will be launched.

Maintain its own port in Macau, use the scissors caused by its large-scale development of industry and commerce, and grab benefits from the Qing government to support the army and rule the people.

Then, taking advantage of the naval superiority of the Ming army, they attacked and disturbed the coast of the Qing court piecemeal.

At the same time as training troops, we will break the fear of the Qing army from the people of the world, and then break the myth that the Qing army is invincible.

And in this process, relying on various means to obtain population from the mainland.

Then use the population obtained from the mainland to train troops in Luzon Dayuan and other places, and accumulate food, grass and military equipment.

Wait until he has enough troops on hand before launching a large-scale Northern Expedition.

However, now with the collusion between the Qing government and foreigners, the situation has changed.

The first is the Macau issue!

It is still gratifying to have the Dutch and the British as alternatives, who can continue his business and prepare to unplug Macau.

If the Ming army wants to keep Macau, it can only fight a decisive battle with Shang Kexi!
Regardless of whether this battle is won or lost, it will have a great impact on the next plan of the Liberation Army.

Needless to say, if they lost, the Guangfu Army withdrew from Guangdong in despair, coupled with the financial problems caused by the loss of Macau.

The Northern Expedition will only be more difficult in the future!

If they win, Shang Kexi's troops will definitely be severely damaged. At that time, the Qing government will definitely send high-level personnel and send heavy troops into Guangdong to deal with the recovery army.

At that time, there is also a high probability that the business in Macau will not be able to continue!
Thinking of these, Zhu Hongyu had a terrible headache!

After much deliberation, the best choice for the Ming army at present seems to be to directly regain Guangdong after defeating Shang Kexi.

Then borrow Guangdong's manpower and material resources to support war with war, and start the Northern Expedition!
Only if this is the case, the Liberation Army will need to face the pressure of the Qing army on land and at the same time face the Dutch fleet at sea...

At that time, I am afraid that the situation will be very dangerous.

Zhu Hongyu's expression changed suddenly, maybe he could withdraw people from Macau first, avoid a large-scale war with the Qing court, and preserve his strength for the time being.

Then he pulled Zheng Chenggong, led the troops to gnaw down Batavia, and wiped out the Dutch fleet in Nanyang.

In this way, Ming could devour the interests of the Dutch in the Spice Islands, Southeast Asian countries, Japan and other countries, so as to make up for the financial impact of the loss of Macau on the recovery army.

If Malacca can be conquered, that would be even better!

As long as this most important waterway for East-West maritime trade can be controlled, the tariffs alone will be able to collect a lot of money every year in the future.

And it can also cut off the possibility of collusion between the Qing court and foreigners!

Kill two birds with one stone!
And more importantly, in this way, the absolute maritime hegemony of the Liberation Army in East and Southeast Asia can be determined.

Even if the Qing army rebuilds the navy in the future, the Ming army does not have to worry about the collusion between the Qing army and the Dutch, and then they will be attacked on both sides.

What's more, expelling the influence of Western colonists in the East can also be regarded as leaving a retreat for the Han people in Nanyang.

In case the Northern Expedition really fails to defeat the Manchus in the future, the Han people still have Nanyang, so they don’t have to be real subjugated slaves, they can accumulate strength in Nanyang for the future!
As for the Guangdong side, it won't be too late to talk about the decisive battle with Shang Kexi after the fight against Batavia!

If you want to play Batavia, counting the time required for the round trip, it will take at least March and April to finish.

If you want to hit Malacca, then at least you have to delay until May or June!

By that time, with the recruit camp running at full capacity, the army strength of the Liberation Army should break through [-], or even [-].

When the time comes to fight Shang Kexi again, the winning rate will be even greater!
As for the promised reward of the Marquis, don't worry.

Zhu Hongyu can announce the originally scheduled knighthood rewards at the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting in a few days later to appease the morale of the army.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongyu ordered people to fetch paper and pen, and prepared to edit a book, discussing with Zheng Chenggong about attacking Batavia.

By the time Zhu Hongyu finished his work and returned to his mansion, it was already midnight.

Li Lingxiu and others have already rested!

Zhu Hongyu ate some food by himself, and then went to rest.

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Guangzhou!

The green camp soldiers from Huguang and Guangxi greatly filled the vacancy of the Qing army in Guangdong.

Taking advantage of the close of the new year, Shang Kexi ordered an inventory of the flag soldiers of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion, and asked the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi to prepare food, grass and military equipment for the army.

He wants to send troops to conquer Macau after the New Year's Eve!
Kill all the thieves in Macau and avenge his son!
The passage of soldiers from other provinces made the law and order in Guangzhou, which was not good at all, become even more chaotic.

The green camp soldiers from Guangxi and Huguang fought in other provinces and would not restrain themselves.

Burning, killing and looting happened frequently inside and outside Guangzhou city!
Even those big gentry families in Guangzhou City, many of them were murdered by the rebels.

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